. The Street railway journal . HOP LOOKING TOWARD MAIN MACHINE SHOP, SHOWING ARMATURE BEING CLEANED UNDEREXHAUSTER AND PENUMATIC JIB CRANE TAKING A WHEEL SET FROM STORAGE TO TRUCK handling cars. The new steel cars, for example, have notrap doors and hence additional means had to be providedfor hoisting car bodies in making motor repairs. The great increase in the size of the blacksmith shop wasmade to allow the use of four forges, so that the steel cars following: One punch and shear, one 24-in. drill press;one bolt cutter; one 75-lb. trip hammer, and one wheel. The carpen
. The Street railway journal . HOP LOOKING TOWARD MAIN MACHINE SHOP, SHOWING ARMATURE BEING CLEANED UNDEREXHAUSTER AND PENUMATIC JIB CRANE TAKING A WHEEL SET FROM STORAGE TO TRUCK handling cars. The new steel cars, for example, have notrap doors and hence additional means had to be providedfor hoisting car bodies in making motor repairs. The great increase in the size of the blacksmith shop wasmade to allow the use of four forges, so that the steel cars following: One punch and shear, one 24-in. drill press;one bolt cutter; one 75-lb. trip hammer, and one wheel. The carpenter shop has a separate motor for driving thefollowing tools: One 32-in. planer; one 12-in. planer: one 550 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXXL No. 14. band saw; one mortiser; one circular saw; one borer; onejointer; one variety molder, and two 24-in. grindstones. As previously mentioned, the main machine shop is lo-cated in a central part of the structure formerly used forcarpentry. The four tracks of this section were spanned. TWO OF Tilt; FOUR FORGES IX THE BLACKSMITH SIIOI belting carried through the covered pits. One of the cranesmentioned to be equipped with a 5-hp motor, which willdo the work of four men usually required to operate itmanually. An I-beam will also be hung from the cranetrack to facilitate the handling of armatures from trucksto lathes. The machinery comprisesthe following: Two 12-in. enginelathes; one 9-in. engine lathe; one6-in. speed lathe; one 36-in. drillpress; one 24-in. drill press; one12-in. drill press; one 32-in. x 32-in. xlo-ft. planer; one 14-in. x ; one 20-in. emery wheel;one wheel grinder; one axle straight-ener, and one pinion press. The section in front of this ma-chine shop is used for inspection andmiscellaneous car-body work. Oneof the illustrations taken in thisshop show an interesting method oftaking armatures in and out of opencars with a Yale & Towne triplexchain hoist. The outfit consists of asling carrier with a rigid
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